Resilience, adaptation and mitigation in Kenya
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THINKING beyond the canopy
Resilience, adaptation and mitigation in Kenya
Mariana Rufino et al.
THINKING beyond the canopy
Resilience, adaptation and mitigation
C sequestrationGHG emissions
Provisioning of goods and water
LUC – forest loss
THINKING beyond the canopy
The Mau forest of Kenya
THINKING beyond the canopy
Lorenzo Vita: LUC, forest C loss
Alphonce Guzha: Hydrological consequences of LUC
Cristina Arias-Navarro: GHG emissions from forests, impacts of forest degradation
Suzanne Jacobs: LUC effects on water supply and water quality
The team
THINKING beyond the canopy
LUC – 40 years of forest loss
Vita et al. in prep. Drivers of land use change in an East African mountain forest: the case of Mau complex
THINKING beyond the canopy
Resilience, adaptation and mitigation
Provisioning of goods and water
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Water provisioning
Smallholders catchment
Tea catchment
Natural forest catchment
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Smallholders dominated
THINKING beyond the canopySmallholders dominated
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Commercial farming
THINKING beyond the canopyCommercial farming
THINKING beyond the canopyNatural forest
THINKING beyond the canopyNatural forest
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Solar panels and lightning protection
Box with data logger and batteries
Water level sensor
Sensors for EC and water quality parameters
Methods|Automatic system
THINKING beyond the canopy
Solar panels and lightning protection
Box with data logger and batteries
Water level sensor
Sensors for EC and water quality parameters
Methods|Automatic system
spectro::lyser
condu::lyser
Data logger
Sensor cleaning system
Batteries and solar charger
THINKING beyond the canopy
Methods|Automatic system
Jacobs et al. Impacts of land use change on water and nutrient cycling in the South-West Mau, Kenya
THINKING beyond the canopy
Resilience, adaptation and mitigation
C sequestrationGHG emissions
THINKING beyond the canopy
Forest degradation and GHG emissionsArias-Navarro et al.
THINKING beyond the canopy
Resilience, adaptation and mitigation
C sequestrationGHG emissions
Provisioning of goods and water
LUC – forest loss
THINKING beyond the canopyThe lab
THINKING beyond the canopy
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